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When Howard D. Linson joined the U.S. Army at 18 in 1998, wanting
to serve his country, he never could have anticipated the ordeal he
would face. During his nine-year career he experienced continuous
harassment and violence for being a bisexual soldier, which nearly
cost him his life. Throughout Linson's enlistment, the issue of
gay, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) people in the military was
governed by the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy (DADT), which was
repealed in December 2010. It allowed all citizens to join
regardless of sexual orientation, as long as they did not reveal
their sexual identities. As a result, DADT put Linson and other GLB
soldiers in a maddeningly ambiguous situation-they could serve as
long as they lived a secret life. And while the law changed the
military's policies, it did not change the army's entrenched
hatred, ignorance, and bigotry about GLB soldiers. The Untold Truth
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is Linson's harrowing account of surviving
a nightmare world of ignorance, paranoia, and oppression, where
your greatest enemy is your comrade in arms.
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